Gas Hydrates Immense Energy Potential and Environmental Challenges /

• Main Authors: Giavarini, Carlo (Author), Hester, Keith (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London, 2011.
• Series: Green Energy and Technology,
• Subjects: Engineering.; Renewable energy resources.; Mineral resources.; Oceanography.; Renewable energy sources.; Alternate energy sources.; Green energy industries.; Sustainable development.; Renewable and Green Energy.; Sustainable Development.; Mineral Resources.

Gas hydrates are both a huge energy resource and an environmental challenge. They have a significant impact on society because of their applications to the future of energy, protection of the environment and fuel transportation. Gas Hydrates opens up this fascinating, multidisciplinary field to non-...

Table of Contents:

• 1. The Evolution of Energy Sources
• 2. The Clathrate Hydrates of Gases
• 3. The Structure and Formation of Gas Hydrates
• 4. Methods to Predict Hydrate Formation Conditions and Formation Rate
• 5. Physical Properties of Hydrates
• 6. Hydrates in Nature
• 7. Hydrates Seen as a Problem for the Oil and Gas Industry
• 8. Hydrates as an Energy Source
• 9. Industrial Applications
• 10. Environmental Issues with Gas Hydrates.